For parents hoping to introduce their youngsters to some of the joys of the Bard but who fear classic plays such as "Romeo and Juliet" are too grim for kids, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is bringing back "Shakespeare for Kids" for the second year.

In this year's edition, Team Shakespeare takes on the famous romantic tragedy playing simultaneously on DeSales University's main stage.

The team is joined by a robot to tell a G-rated version of the tale through singalongs, puppets, dancing and Shakespeare's language.

"It's as if Shakespeare had a TV show for kids," says Erin Hurley, the Shakespeare Festival's education director, who wrote and directed the production. "We're hoping it will encourage them that Shakespeare is interesting."

Actors Chelsea Anne Carle, Michael Gill and Andrew Kane, who make up Team Shakespeare, take children ages 4-10 on a fast-paced hourlong ride through "Romeo and Juliet."

"The three actors have a way with language that makes it accessible," Hurley says. "As soon as one of them puts a sock on their hand, it's all clear."

She says although the show addresses the deaths of the lead characters, there is no violence. In fact, Hurley says a rubber chicken is part of the re-enactment of the tragic scene.

"We explain it in the frame of why Shakespeare wrote some plays that are funny called comedies, and some that are sad and teach us about life that are called tragedies," Hurley says.

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